TORONTO 2023 Discovery / Midnight Madness
La section Discovery de Toronto va projeter une flopée de films européens en première mondiale
par Elena Lazic
- Les thèmes de l'injustice et de la résistance parcourent un bon nombre de ces productions ; le Vieux Continent aura aussi une présence réduite mais percutante dans la section Midnight Madness
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Dedicated to first and second feature from the category broadly defined as contemporary international cinema, the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival (taking place from 7 to 17 September 2023) typically features a good amount of European productions. The 2023 line-up is no exception: of the 26 films selected, 10 are European (co-)productions; of those 10, 8 are world premieres. The two films that will have already premiered elsewhere are How to Have Sex [+lire aussi :
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interview : Molly Manning Walker
fiche film], the debut feature from British director Molly Manning Walker, winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival; and An Endless Sunday [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alain Parroni
fiche film], from Italian director Alain Parroni, a debut feature centred on three youths in the suburbs of Rome that will be landing in Canada after its premiere in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival.
Among the debut features that will be having their world premiere in the Discovery section, we find Achilles [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], from Iranian director Farhad Delaram, which tells of two fugitives in contemporary Iran and the various people they meet who help them survive.
Themes of oppression and resistance will also be central to French director Mehdi Fikri’s After the Fire [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], centred on a family seeking justice after the police slaying of a young man in the suburbs of Strasbourg, France.
Likewise The Teacher [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]. Starring Saleh Bakri (The Blue Caftan [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]) and Imogen Poots, the first fiction feature from British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi follows a Palestinian school teacher committed to political resistance.
Another school teacher resists in Without Air [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], the debut feature from Hungarian director Katalin Moldovai. Billed as an absurdist film, it focuses on a highschool teacher accused of promoting homosexal values in the classroom.
Arthur&Diana [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], by German director Sara Summa (The Last to See Them [+lire aussi :
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Another duo is at the centre of Solitude [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ninna Pálmadóttir
fiche film]. The feature debut from Icelandic filmmaker Ninna Pálmadóttir (who participated in Future Frames at Karlovy Vary in 2021; read our interview) tells of a cross-generational friendship between a man forced to move to the city and a 10-year-old boy.
Also making her feature debut is Norwegian director Sara Margrethe Oskal. The Tundra Within Me [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] follows a Sámi artist as she returns to her hometown.
Finally, British filmmaker Thomas Napper (Jawbone [+lire aussi :
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Also revealed is the line-up of the famed Midnight Madness section, focused on horror films and gory thrills. Of the ten films selected, seven will be having their world premiere at the festival.
This year’s edition marks the first time that a film from Saudi Arabia features, but also the first time for a Serbian film: the honor goes to Working Class Goes to Hell [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], by Mladen Đorđević, a socio-horror satire in which the labour union of a small town decides to turn to the dark arts when faced with local corruption.
Also selected, alongside Weston Razooli’s Riddle of Fire [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] (which premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar at this year’s Cannes Film Festival), is Boy Kills World by Moritz Mohr (Germany/South Africa/USA), starring Bill Skarsgård as a deaf man trained to be used as a killing machine in a dystopian world.
The current line-up of the sections:
Discovery
Achilles [+lire aussi :
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interview : Farhad Delaram
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After the Fire [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Mehdi Fikri (France)
A Match - Jayant Digambar Somalkar (India)
Andragogy - Wregas Bhanuteja (Indonesia/Singapore)
An Endless Sunday [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alain Parroni
fiche film] - Alain Parroni (Italy/Germany/Ireland)
Arthur&Diana [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sara Summa
fiche film] - Sara Summa (Germany)
Backspot - D.W. Waterson (Canada)
Frybread Face and Me - Billy Luther (USA)
Gonzo Girl - Patricia Arquette (USA)
Hajjan - Abu Bakr Shawky (Saudi Arabia/Egypt/Jordan)
How to Have Sex [+lire aussi :
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interview : Molly Manning Walker
fiche film] - Molly Manning Walker (UK)
I Don’t Know Who You Are - MH Murray (Canada)
La Suprema - Felipe Holguín Caro (Colombia)
Mandoob - Ali Kalthami (Saudi Arabia)
Mimang - Kim Taeyang (South Korea)
Seagrass - Meredith Hama-Brown (Canada)
Solitude [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ninna Pálmadóttir
fiche film] - Ninna Pálmadóttir (Iceland/Slovakia/France)
Tautuktavuk (What We See) - Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk (Canada)
The Teacher [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Farah Nabulsi (UK/Palestine/Qatar)
The Tundra Within Me [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Sara Margrethe Oskal (Norway)
The Queen of My Dreams - Fawzia Mirza (Canada)
Valentina or the Serenity - Ángeles Cruz (Mexico)
Widow Clicquot - Thomas Napper (France)
Wild Woman - Alán González (Cuba)
Without Air [+lire aussi :
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interview : Katalin Moldovai
fiche film] - Katalin Moldovai (Hungary)
Yellow Bus - Wendy Bednarz (United Arab Emirates)
Midnight Madness
AGGRO DR1FT - Harmony Korine (USA)
Boy Kills World - Moritz Mohr (Germany/South Africa/USA)
Dicks: The Musical - Larry Charles (USA)
Hell of a Summer - Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk (USA/Canada)
KILL - Nikhil Nagesh Bhat (India)
NAGA - Meshal Aljaser (Saudi Arabia)
Riddle of Fire [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Weston Razooli (USA/France)
Sleep - Jason Yu (South Korea)
When Evil Lurks - Demián Rugna (Argentina)
Working Class Goes to Hell [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mladen Djordjević
fiche film] - Mladen Đorđević (Serbia)
(Traduit de l'anglais)
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